Odometer.



No. 880,781. PATEN'TED MAR. 3, 190a W. w. DUDLEY, L. A. GREENLEAF & w.R. DUDLEY.

ODOMETER. nruouron FILED JUNE 5. 1906.

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N0. 880,781. I PATENTED MAR. 3, 1908. W." W. DUDLEY, L. A. GREENLEAP &W. R. DUDLEY; ODOMETER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM w. DUDLEY, or LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, AND Louis AGREENLEAF ANDWAL- LACE, R.- DUDLEY, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO STARSPEEDOMETER COM- PANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA;

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To'all whom'it may concern: I I

Be itknown that we, WILLIAM W. DUDLEY, residingat Lancaster, in thecounty of Lancasteri' sta'teof Pennsylvania, and Lours'A.GBEunLm'and'WALLAoE R. DUDLEL'bOth residing-at- Trehton, in the count ofMercer and State of New Jersey, all citizens of the- United-Stat es,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Odometers, of.

whiehithe following is a specification.

' This invention relates more particularly to such odometers as are emloyed upon automobiles, and generall "use. or constructed in comhinationwith a c ock, speed-indicator or thelike;

g The objects of the invention are: First, to

secure greater accuracy in the odometer by making the trip recordexactly correspond ,with the rmanent or continuous record; to operate tregistering mechanism for said i'ecordssimultaneously, and to providefor ing mechanism to secure independent 'cham-. here for the differentmechanisms each of which is accessibie independent of the other, and tothusenable either ofthe mechanisms 1 to be inspected or re aired withoutdisturbing the other. Thir to secure an im roved support for the entirecasing, so that w ether or not the surface to which it be attached isvertical or not the said casing may be brought into its desiredposition; to secure ad ustability of said supporting means so that thegositionof the odometer may be changed as (46' ing means' for holdingthe odometer in any given position.

BSiIZOd, and to obtain firm and positive lock- Refe to the accompanyingdrawings,

- in which .li e numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts ineach of the several. vfigures, Figure l'is a plan of my Improved devicemounted in horizontal position upon a suitable vertical supportingsurface; '2 is Specification of Letters Iatent. v j nnuonrna r 5. not.sum Ho. seassa.

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a side view of the same partly in section u on line a: Fig, 1, and alsoshowing in out e another position of the adjustable casing; Fig. 3 is aplan view of the odometer mechamsm and its su orting plate removed fromthecasing, and i i .-4 is a sectional view of the same upon line y y,Fig. 3, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. g

. In said drawings, 1 indicates any suitable surface of an automobile orthe like to which an odometer is adapted to be secured, and 2 indicatesthe casing of my im roved device and which is shown as cylin rical withits axial center line adapted to be brought into vertical position. Atoneside of the said casing the same is provided with an outwardbifurcated stem or extension 3 which may be connected to the casing by ascrew 4, as shown, or in any other suitable manner.- An attaching plate5 is provided to be secured to the support 1, as by screws 6, and thisatlie between the arms of the b1 taching platehas a projectin tongue 7to iurcated stem 3 and receive a pivotal in or screw '8 passed throughsaid parts. T 's screw lies in hori zonta position, with the parts whichit con nects in vertical plane, so that the casing 2 'is adapted toswing verticall up and down as shown in the drawings. hetongue 7 of theattaching late is also bifurcated or. slotted vertical y, as at 9, andin said slot between the pivotal pin 8 and the attaching plate 5 isarranged an arm 10 which is connected pivotally at its lower end, as at11,

to the casin 2. The upper part of said arm 10 is suitab y curved, as at12, and provided with a series of upwardly directed teeth 13,

in t 15 u on the lower end of the curved arm 10 is a( a ted to bearagainst the casing 2 and normallythrow the said arm into en agement withthe pin 14.- Obviously, t erefore, the said arm 10 will serve to preventadapted to engage a cross-pin-14 arranged e tongue 7 across its slot -9.A spring.

down-dropping of the casing upon its hinge and hold t e same in anydesired vertical position; To adjust the casing to a lowerposition, itis necessary only to throw the casing or other equivalent means.Underneath this partition. the lower chamber provides a space for theclock work for keepin its peri ing time, the end of the casing beingclosed by ascrew plate 21. This tiine-heqiing mechanism is of anyordinary construction with its difierent aroors journuled at one end inthe plate 19 and at the other end in a plate 22 held in iixed position.with respect to the plate 19, at a point near the lower or open end olthe chinnber in tuis clock mechanism, a spring 2% drives through a trainol." gearing 24 a shaft 25'which extends through the partition plate 19to the trout portion ol the upper clunnber 17 where the usual hour andminute hands 26, 27, are arranged between a dial 2:; and .a protectingplate of glass 29. The closing plate '21 of the lower chamber 18, isprovided with screw plugs and 31 which may he removed to permit theinsertion or keys to wind the spring 23 and to turn the shaft 25 to setthe hands of the clock, respectively.

In the upper chamber 17 of the casing 2. is arranged the odometerproper, the various parts of the same being mounted upon a plate 32adapted to lie fiatwise against the partition plate 19, and be securedthereto as by screws At the center of sairtplate 32, and concentric withthe shaft 25, is arranged a gear wheel 3-t which is adapted to be drivenby pinion 35 mounted upon the Still! arbor 36 with a worm wheel 37 andwhich worm wheel engaged by a W011i 31%; arranged in bearings 39, 4th,upon the plate 3'2, being adapted at its outer endel to receive the of aflexible coiuiection (not shownl to a suitable point to receive themotion of the wheels in rotating, as is usua Above the said gear wheei34, and in lifted relation thereto, is a driving dish which has 2stepped edge 4.3. and each peripheral face of which has a. radiallyprojecting pin, for he purpose next to be described. The means lorkeeping record of the number coupling of miles traveled. upon a giventrip. are lo.

cated at one side oi the said driving disk 42 and comp 'so a wheelldwirhten notches 4.5 i cry. each of which is adapted to to on the upper facet? ol the the same revolves, and thus be receive a disk l2. as turnedone disl; The shaft -58 of the notched \vliccl ll carries also a lowerdish 4-0 having a pin adapted to engage a second notched wheel 5t) l l ll l l l l l @rad i ci nifch for each revolution of the l with respectt-l'iereto, and when seeps;

upon its shsi't 5t and turn the some one notch for every completerotatirui of the tirst wheel. so that units and tens of miles arerecorded lrv the said menus. To turn the said trip record means bath tostarting point at the beginning of a trip the shalt,t8 is provided witha geziir 52 adapted to mesh with a second gear 53 upon the end of ashaft tending loosely through the plate 32, partition It), and end plate'21 ol the lower chainher. to carrv on the outside thereof a milledlinger-piece Normally the gear lies helow the plane of the g m 52 so asto be idle the gears are desired to "mesh for turning the counterwheelsbackward, the lingenpicce is pushed inward. At the opposite side of thedriving disk 92. from the said trip record means just described.arranged the means for securing u cumulative record of the entire numberof miles traveled by the machine. These means comprise a series ofnotched counter wheels 56. 57, and .59, the first 5o ol which is drivenby a pin (30 upon the lower face (it of the driving disk 4?, and in turndrives the second. the second the third, eto each being upon its ownarbor, and their relative arrangement of any approved type.

By my improved construction, it will he noticed that a pin is providedupon the driving disk 42 for each set of recording mechanisin adapted tobe driven thereby, the relative arrangement of said pins upon theperiphery ofthe disk being such that they engage their respectivecounter lneclutnisms at precisely the same moment. There can thereforehe no discrepancy between the two records. {nut at the some time neitherpin caii :rll'ect any other than its own proper recording mecl'ianisinbecause of the step 'ied edge of the dish 42.

It wiil be understood that each of the counter wheels carries at itsupper side a sniall dish upon which numerals are arranged to showthrough apertures 52 in the dial 28, as is common in the art. and thatt'urthermore the driving disk 42 has an upward .extension of; to carrvoutside oi the dial a pointer til. adapted to indicate thereon, as at65, fractions of a mile.

Havingthus described the lliYtlll'iUlt. what. i claim as new is:

c l. in a registering device. the combination ol the driving dish havinga stepped edge providing two circuint'erential surfaces o T0111diameters in dill'erent planes, 'udv projecting pins one on each of saidunnlfcrcntial surfaces and at an angular distance apart. means l'ordriving said dish l2, t'Ull-lllll'fUlw 'nscord nuwhanisin haviing anactuating wheel 5b peripherally notched to receive one of said pins onthe drivingdisk 42 and having between. said notches concavities adaptedto fit against the circumferential surface from whirh said pin projectsand lock the said actuating wheel,

trip recording mechanism having an actuating Wheel 44 peripherallynotched to receive the other pin on the driving disk 42and being solocated with reference to the said con- .tinuous record mechanismactuating wheel 56 as that both said actuating wheels are en- I gaged bytheir pins simultaneously, said trip counter mechanism actuating wheel44 being free to turn independent of the driving tion of the drivingdisk 42 having a stepped edge iproviding two circumferential surfaces ofdi erent diameter in different planes and an intermediate annularsurface 1n the plane of the disk, radially projecting pins one on eachof said circumferential surfaces at an angular distance apart, means fordrivingsaid disk, and a plurality of counter mech anisms havingactuating wheels one in thesame plane with each of the said portions ofthe driving disk and tangent thereto engaging the edge of the drivingdisk, said actuat-- ing wheels each having peripheral notches adapted toreceive the said projecting pins on the disk portion with wlnch it is inthe same plane and said pins being so disposed as to engage theirrespective actuating wheel simultaneously.

3. The combination of the cylindrical casing 2 having its wallsinteriorly and annularly recessed from one of its ends inward to form aradially enlarged end portion and an annular shoulder at the end of saidenlargement, a plate 32 seated on said shoulder, a second plate 19arranged flat against said plate 32 in the small end part of thecylinder,

I screws extending through said first-mentioned plate into the second.screws extending through the wall of the cylindrical casing into theedge ofv said second-named plate, odometer mechanism mounted upon saidplate 32 and removable therewith, timekeeping mechanism mounted on theother or second plate 19 and removable-from the easing therewith, andscrew caps-one on each end of said casing, whereby either mechanism isaccessibleindependent of the other and either. can be removed on itsplate without disturbing the other on its plate.

4. In a combined odometer and clock device, the combination of acylmdrical casing, nterior transverse partitions arrangedflatwisetogether intermediateof the ends of said casing, screws passingthrough the Wall of said casing into the edge of one of said partitions,other screws passing through one of said partitionsinto theotl'ier one,odometer tion plates and removable from the casing thereupon,time-keeping mechanism mountengage said stops and hold the casing inde-' sired position.

6. The combination with a casinghaving a lateral stem, an attachingplate having a slotted tongue to receive said stem, ahorizontal pinthrough said stem and tongue, a transverse pin in said slotted tongue ata dismechanism mounted uponone of said pa'rtitance from said stem, and alocking lever pivoted on the odometer casing and notched to engage saidstops and'hold the casing in desired position.

7. The combination with an odometer casing having a stem, of anattaching plate havmg a tongue, a pivotal pin passed through saidstem'and tongue, a fixed stop, anda locking lever adapted to engage saidstop to hold the casing in desired position.

8. The combination with a casing'havin g a lateral stem, an attachingplate having. a slotted tongue to receive said stem, a horizontal .pinthrough said stem and tongue, a fixed stop upon said plate, a lockinglever pivoted upon the casing, and a spring normally holding said leverin engagement with said stop.

9. The combinatlon of the casing 2, having a lateral stemat its upperpart, an attaching plate having a bifurcated tongue receiving said stem,a pivotal pin. passed through said stem and tongue, a stop on saidplate, a locking lever pivoted to the lower part of the casing andextendin upward throiigh said bifurcated tongue a jacent to said stop,and a spring normally holding said lever in engagementrwith said stop.

10. The combination of the casing 2, having an upper lateral bifurcatedstem, an attaching plate with a bifurcated tongue 1, ing

between the arms of said stem, a pivota pin passed through saidstem andtongue, a'stop and a spring normally holdmg said lever in I v sucheniagement.

e combination of a casing 2, having a lateral stem at its upper'part, anattaching stem and tongueand t plate having a bifurcated tongue receivsaid stem, a pivotal pin through sai us connecting the said casin andattaching plate, a stop on one of said last mentioned parts,and a sringpressed locking-lever pivoted on the ot er of engage the said stopand hold the casing in desired position.

' WILLIAM W. DUDLEY. LOUIS A. GREENLEAF. WALLACE R. DUDLEY.

Witnesses'to William W. Dudley: WM. R. BRINTON,

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